Blackwell's Island
Summary:
This gangster film is based upon fact as it tells the tale of a determined reporter who has decided to make sure a certain notorious gangster gets his just desserts. It takes a long time, but eventually the reporter succeeds and the gangster is sent up river. Unfortunately, once there, he becomes the leader of the prisoners and, though incarcerated, is soon up to his old tricks of trying... Full Summary >>
Cast:
John Garfield - (Tim Haydon)
Rosemary Lane - (Sunny Walsh)
Dick Purcell - (Terry Walsh)
Victor Jory - (Thomas McNair)
Stanley Fields - (Bull Bransom)
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Review:
An average gangster melodrama enlivened by its cast, Blackwell's Island draws parts of its story from New York's Welfare Island prison scandal, but it adds plenty of fiction to a small smattering of fact. Since it's not pretending to be a documentary, this by itself is fine; however, the film would have been better served if the fictional elemen... Continue >>
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